Sunset High School - Apollo Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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ADMINISTRATION CO-EDITORS . . . Barb Daum Carol Douglass “To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.” admini station

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fOR6WORC For the past four years, the students of Sunset have estab- lished and maintained traditions. The Student Body as a whole, and each student as an individual, have felt the desire to pre- serve the high standards and reputation which have been at- tained. Pride and devotion to our school have been instilled in each individual, not forcibly, but through activities such as Project Pride, which have promoted a satisfaction for individual and united achievements of the Student Body. Each student has found his own education a stream of flexible possibilities; this has been exhibited in the receiving of awards for outstanding leadership in both athletic and scholastic ac- complishments. Each year has been filled with unending phases of life; each student realized and accepted his responsibilities to his school. The active support of A.F.S. Slave Week illustrated the interest taken in all-school activities. Unlike those who view only the outer structure of a school, Sunset students know the true meaning of getting along with friends for four exciting years. We hope that the 62 APOLLO will help you remember the trials and tribulations, the laughter and joy, that have made this past year such a memorable one.

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the CReed of an optimist••• The optimist believes this is the best pos- sible world. How, you ask, can anyone in his right mind be an optimist in our time when the world is in such a turmoil. It seems to me that the optimist will see the turmoil all about him but will be searching for those things which may be used to improve the world situ- ation. Let us pause to take stock of a few of the critical elements existing in the world upon which the optimist may build his vision of better things to come. He will consider the earth upon which we live and realize that God has indeed provided us with the raw materials necessary to undertake gigantic tasks. How- ever, foremost in his mind will be the indi- viduals living on this earth. He will believe in man’s given capacity to change the face of the earth, blast off the earth into space, and provide artificial conditions for himself. Everyone knows that man can accomplish these feats. The optimist may be identified as the person who can have faith in mankind to use the physical elements for the improve- ment of living conditions for all members of the human race. The optimist is the indi- vidual who believes that people are basically “good.” He has faith that men are destined to develop the techniques necessary for liv- ing together in peace. I would like to say that, in my humble opin- ion, a person working with young people has possibilities of being classified as an opti- mist. In spite of the fact that we all read about, and, in fact, observe actions of teen- agers which often drive us to despair, the youth of our country are responsible persons looking forward to the responsibility of living life to its fullest extent. The very nature of young people (teen-agers in particular) with whom I work has much to do with the fact that I would like to be classed as an optimist. I believe in people and their ability to produce a world better than we now know. Do you have this same faith? If so, you, too, are an optimist. 12 GEORGE E. RUSSELL Principal